AREA OF A TRIANGLE

The area of a triangle

B

a
c

b
A
1
Area  ab sinC
2

To use this formula you need to know two sides of a triangle

and the angle between the two sides.
1 Find the area of the triangle.

4.2 cm

75o
6.9 cm

1
Area = ab sinC
2
1
  6.9  4.2  sin75
2
 14.0 cm2
2 Find the area of the triangle.

Note: the triangle

8 cm
is equilateral.

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60o |
8 cm

1
Area = ab sinC
2
1
  8  8  sin 60
2
 27.7 cm2
3 Find the area of the parallelogram.

Note: the
5 cm parallelogram can be
divided into two
72o identical triangles.
9 cm

1
Area of triangle = ab sinC
2
1
  9  5  sin72
2
 21.40 cm2

Area of parallelogram = 2 × 21.40 = 42.8 cm2 (to 3 s.f.)

4 Find the area of the shaded segment.

o
5 cm 130 5 cm

Area of triangle = area of sector – area of triangle

130 1
    5 2   5  5  sin130
360 2
 28.36  9.576
 18.8 cm2 (to 3 s.f.)